Washington State Sleep Conference: Things You Need to Know

2018 Washington State Sleep Conference, Oct 12-13, 2018

Pre-conference registrations end on Wednesday October 10.  REGISTER NOW!

Last-minute registrations (single day, weekend) available onsite on Friday; see below.

Regular Registration $200

On-site Registration $225 for the full weekend

Single day registration $112.50 for either Friday or Saturday (learn more)

• Pricing includes 14 CEUs, lunch for both Saturday and Sunday.
• Cancellation Policy: ganesco.cvent.com/2018WSSS. 

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General Information

Faculty

• Joshua Benditt, MD
• Nic Butkov, RPSGT
• David Corley, MD
• Lourdes Del Rosso, MD, ME
• Vishesh K. Kapur, MD
• Amy Korn-Reavis, RRT, RPSGT, CCSH
• Teofilo Lee-Chiong, MD
• Brandon R. Peters-Mathews, MD
• Susan Rausch, MD
• Fletcher Taylor, MD

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Accreditation

Sleep Technologists: AAST CEC Program Application has been submitted for approval to the American Association of Sleep Technologists.

Respiratory Therapists: Application has been made for 14.0 contact hours continuing Respiratory Care Education (CRCE) by the American Association for Respiratory Care, 9425 N. MacArthur Blvd, Suite 100, Irving, TX 75063.

Nurses: Ganésco is the accredited Nursing Provider for this conference. Provider approved by the (CABRN) California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider Number #CEP-16651, for up to 14 contact hours.

Disclaimer: Ganésco does not warrant that all professional organizations or licensing authorities will accept its CE contact hours. If in doubt, nurses are advised to contact their professional organizations or licensing authorities to confirm their acceptance of these contact hours.

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Online Courses

Attendees will be given a discount code at the meeting for four online courses at www.ganesco.com. These online courses have either AARC, AAST or CABRN accreditation. 

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Venue

The host hotel for the meeting is the Embassy Suites Seattle Tacoma International Airport, Seattle, Washington. Those who reserved a room in the WSSS block between Wednesday and Friday will enjoy free breakfast buffet and evening reception.

NEW for 2018! Parking is complimentary to daytime attendees and is discounted to overnight guests for $5.00 per night. Please see registration desk for voucher before leaving the conference. Learn more.

All exhibits and lectures are held at the host hotel. DIRECTIONS TO THE HOST HOTEL HERE.

Embassy Suites Seattle Tacoma International Airport 

15920 W. Valley Hwy  Seattle, Washington 98188 

(425) 227-8844 

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Need to contact us directly? washingtonstatesleepsociety@gmail.com

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Welcome to the conference: Nic Butkov, RPSGT

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Two lectures on Friday, October 12:
"Diagnostic Aspects of Sleep-Disordered Breathing"

"Optimizing Patient Response to Positive Airway Pressure Therapy"

Nic Butkov RPSGT is an internationally recognized educator in sleep medicine and technology and favorite speaker at the Washington State Sleep Conference. 

Butkov is Director of the School of Clinical Polysomnography (Medford, OR) and a longstanding faculty member of the School of Sleep Medicine (Palo Alto, CA). 

He currently serves as education coordinator at the Rogue Valley Sleep Center in Medford. 

Butkov is also CEO of Synapse Media and a major contributor to two critical sleep technology texts:
• Atlas of Clinical Polysomnography (Synapse Media, author)

• Fundamentals of Sleep Technology (AAST, co-editor) 

A native Russian speaker, he assisted in launching the first clinical sleep facility in Russia in the 1990s. He is a recipient of both the Sharon Keenan PhD Award for Excellence in Education and the Elliot D. Weitzman MD Service Award for contribution to the growth and development of the sleep technology profession.

Two favorite headliners return to our fall sleep meeting!

Two favorite speakers will be returning to the WSSS stage this coming fall!

Teofilo Lee-Chiong, MD (aka "Dr. Lee") is a well-known sleep medicine educator and frequent speaker at sleep medicine conferences. He is a board certified internist in Denver, Colorado affiliated with National Jewish Health. 

Dr. Lee is also a professor and the author of many references familiar to sleep technologists of sleep medicine professionals: 

• Sleep Medicine: Essentials and Review (Oxford University Press, USA) 
• Sleep: A Comprehensive Handbook (Wiley-Liss)
• Fundamentals of Sleep Technology (Lippincott Williams & Wilkins)
• Sleep Medicine (Hanley & Belfus)
• Sleep Medicine Essentials (Wiley Blackwell)
• Focus on Sleep Medicine: A Self-Assessment (Lippincott Williams & Wilkins)

Nic Butkov, RPSGT is an internationally recognized educator in sleep medicine and technology. He is Director of the School of Clinical Polysomnography (Medford, OR) and a longstanding faculty member of the School of Sleep Medicine (Palo Alto, CA). He currently serves as education coordinator at the Rogue Valley Sleep Center in Medford.

Butkov is also CEO of Synapse Media and a major contributor to two critical sleep technology texts:

• Atlas of Clinical Polysomnography (Synapse Media, author)
• Fundamentals of Sleep Technology (AAST, co-editor) 

A native Russian speaker, he assisted in launching the first clinical sleep facility in Russia in the 1990s. He is a recipient of both the Sharon Keenan PhD Award for Excellence in Education and the Elliot D. Weitzman MD Service Award for contribution to the growth and development of the sleep technology profession.

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